Every now and then, a football player has a name that doubles nicely as an illustration of his game. Kansas has a defender with the surname Defense. Arkansas State has a defensive lineman named Dee Liner...

Wichita State was already one of the best college basketball teams in the country last season, and the Shockers are a legitimate threat to win it all in 2017-18 because of how little they lost from that roster...

When the dust settles on this FBI sting operation and we actually get back to thinking about the 2017-18 college basketball season, there are going to be a lot of high-ranking teams with tough decisions to make when it comes to setting a starting lineup..

Few college basketball players disappointed as much last season as Duke's Grayson Allen , but the Blue Devils will be the undisputed favorites to win the national championship if he's able to bounce back to his sophomore-year form...

Xavier's Trevon Bluiett, Murray State's Jonathan Stark and Campbell's Chris Clemons each scored at least 40 points in a single game last season, and they're all near the top of our list of candidates to reach 2,000 career points in 2017-18...

After a week's worth of debating whether Clemson's defensive front seven could shut down Louisville's dual-threat quarterback, Clemson's dual-threat QB was one of the biggest winners of Week 3, leading the Tigers to a 47-21 beatdown of the Cardinals...

The Missouri Tigers set a school record for losses in a season in 2016-17, but thanks to a coaching change and a few top-notch recruits, they are guaranteed to be one of the college basketball teams that improves by leaps and bounds...

Elijah Brown played one season of college hoops at Butler, averaged 20.3 points per game over the last two seasons at New Mexico and is now a graduate transfer who could make or break Oregon's 2017-18 season...

No one in his or her right mind expects Marvin Bagley III or Michael Porter Jr. to play more than one season of college basketball, but there are always a bunch of 5-star freshmen who come back for a sophomore year...